Magnum Mania!

This Island Isn't Big Enough

Episode ID: 122
Episode Number: 6.16
Air Date: 2/13/1986
Writer: Chris Abbott
Story: Chris Abbott, Reuben Leder
Director: Leo Penn
Producer: Chris Abbott
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Clyde Kusatsu (Det. Gordon Katsumoto), Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin)

Guest Stars

Jenny Sherman (Starr Davis), Josie Over (Lily), Jimmy Borges (Coast Guard Officer)

Plot Outline

When Rick's boat returns empty from a cruise, Magnum, T.C. and Higgins set out to find those who were on board and are now presumed dead.

Rating

7.5 (15 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Clyde Kusatsu will reprise the role of Det. Gordon Katsumoto in Season Seven's "A.A.P.I." (7.5). Clyde appeared in six MPI episodes total and was the infamous Col. Ki in "Memories Are Forever" (2.5 & 2.6)

2 As with "Round and Around" (6.6) earlier in the season, the closing credits are longer than usual (1:30) and feature a slightly different version of the usual closing credits music.

3 Icepick's real name is identified as Francis Hofstetler.

4 Another King Kamehameha Club yacht is seen. This time it's the King Kamehameha III.

5 Rick is seen reading Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

6 A never-before-seen room at the main house of Robin's Nest is used. It's a large "living room", with oversized couches, that appears to be on the first floor. [pic]

7 Well-know Hawaiian jazz/pop crooner Jimmy Borges (Coast Guard Officer) makes his fourth and final appearance on the show.

8 Magnum picks another lock without a tension wrench, which is technically impossible!

9 In 1946, Higgins headed the British Relocation Committee and brought 12 refugee children to the Hawaiian islands.

Quotes

1
Magnum: When I was fourteen years old, my grandfather took me crabbing. Now, crabbing's a lot different from trout fishing. See, you tie the bait on the line, you drop it in the water, and when you feel the crab crawl up on the bait, and start nibbling away, you have to slowly raise the line to the surface and then net him as fast as you can. The only trouble is, by the time you can see the crab, he can see you. And nine times out of ten, he'll scuttle right back off that bait and disappear into the ocean. Now I guess that's what I always liked about it, the crab had as good a chance of a free meal as you did. But the best thing about crabbing, was that it taught you patience, concentration, and the second sense of when the time was right to sit, and wait it out. (Narration)

2
Magnum: One thing I've noticed over the years. Usually people hire private investigators because they can't unravel the puzzle themselves. Their emotions are too involved. They need someone who is detached, analytical, uninvolved. And that's what I've always tried to give them. But somehow, that all became very difficult when the missing person was Rick and the client was me. (Narration)

Flubs

1 Near the beginning of this episode, Rick has his Team Ring on upside down!

2 When Magnum, TC & Higgins take off in the chopper to go and find Rick, the close shot of the helicopter shows a Hughes 500C (stock footage from Season One). Seconds later, it's the well known 500D that keeps on flying. (Noted by Vanity) Also, you can see that the FAA ID number on the top side of one chopper is N5034A and the other is clearly N1095A. Also, the 500C has no FAA ID on the bottom in large white type like the 500D which clearly had the N1095A. (Noted by N1095A)

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